Rapid Change in the Symbolic Functioning of Very Young Children.

DeLoache, Judy S.

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ERIC Number: EJ362852

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Publication Date: 1987

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Rapid Change in the Symbolic Functioning of Very Young Children.

DeLoache, Judy S.

Science, v238 n4833 p1556-57 Dec 11 1987

Reports on a study in which the symbolic relation between a scale model and the larger space that it represents was displayed by two groups of young children. Three-year-old children outperformed 2.5-year-olds in finding an object in a room after seeing an analogous object hidden in a model. (TW)

Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Imagery, Learning Theories, Preschool Education, Psychology, Symbolic Learning, Visual Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers; Parents

Language: English

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